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Jeff Shardell, our founder, is all about living a healthy and natural life. Whether it’s things you put on your body, like natural deodorant, or what you put in your body. It’s no surprise Jeff likes to make things himself, if you’ve ever read up on Humble Brands then you know he spent months of testing over 30 different formulations until he created the perfect natural deodorant. One of Jeff’s favorite things to make is his famous anti inflammatory almond milk. What makes this drink anti-inflammatory you ask? Almond milk contains a multitude of vitamins, minerals,…

Happy weekend! Summer is over and Fall is officially here. With the weather cooling and the leaves fading from green to yellow, it’s a time for change and transitions. From tank tops to sweaters and scarfs and from crisp summer vegetables to warming starch vegetables like squashes and pumpkins. Not only do our clothing and food choices change during this season, but our exercise beauty routines as well. Now is the perfect time to catch up on trends and news in the health world to help with your transition into fall. How-to: Photo: Urban Outfitters…

ROSE HOMEMADE SUNSCREEN Have you had that moment in the summer where you go hang out by the pool, and you think to yourself, “I’ll be fine without sunscreen, it’s not that hot.” Then, you get out of the shower later that night and guess what, you have become more lobster than person. It may be time for some homemade sunscreen. Don’t worry, it happens to all of us, basically every summer. How many summers will it take before we all learn that we just need sunscreen every day? Let this summer be the one…

ROSE LAVENDER MOISTURIZER In the vast world of natural skin care, a face moisturizer has the coolest sounding name. Making a moisturizer makes it sound like you’re a mad scientist, concocting some sort of secret elixir. Which actually isn’t very far from the truth. Feel free to don your bathrobe and pretend you’re a scientist whilst making this homemade moisturizer for sensitive skin. Rather than spoil the ending about feeling softer, more hydrated, and looking younger… Wait, let’s just stop right here. You’ll find out all these things for yourself. You can download a PDF…

HONEY EXFOLIATOR Pst… we’re going to let you in on a secret about our homemade exfoliator for sensitive skin. A secret ingredient to be precise. It rhymes with “money,” and it’s sort of “runny.” It’s honey! That was fun, right? While we’re divulging secrets, let’s just talk about the whole recipe for our honey exfoliator for sensitive skin. You can download a PDF version of the recipe here, and while you’re at it, why not download the entire Natural Skin Care guide? You can get that here. Just because you have sensitive skin doesn’t mean…

TURMERIC EXFOLIATOR Let’s take a moment to talk about turmeric, and why it belongs on our faces. Some people think that turmeric just might be the most nutritional supplement in existence! Studies show that turmeric is good for both your brain and your body. So, we’re not guaranteeing that turmeric will help you ace a test, but we’re also not guaranteeing that it won’t help you ace a test. Homemade scrub for sensitive skin might help you ace a test. The coolest thing about turmeric is that it contains bioactive compounds with powerful medicinal properties….

CHAMOMILE FACE MIST Can we talk about face mist for a second? Mist is great for a couple of reasons, especially the homemade variety. Homemade face mist for sensitive skin preps you before makeup, and it can help set your makeup in place for the day. Not to mention the whole keeping your skin hydrated and refreshed thing. But, for the sake of transparency, here’s a short list of things that face mist does not do: Make you taller Bring good luck Increase your intelligence So, even though face mist does a lot of things, they…

COCONUT HONEY FACE MASK Throughout history, people have used masks. In ancient Egypt, pharaohs would… psyche! This is not a history lesson. Even though we’d all love to know what Cleopatra or Helen of Troy did with their faces to make entire wars happen. Chances are they used some kind of facial mask, right? Okay, sorry, getting off track, let’s talk why you should make homemade face mask for sensitive skin. Face masks do seven things for your face at once (which is a lot of things). Hydrate Nourish Tighten Tone Calm Soothe Rejuvenate The…

ALOE VERA FACE WASH Sensitive skin and cleansers seem to just never get along. All we want to do is get all the oil and dirt of our faces like everybody else! Yet, time after time, we use cleaners that claim to be sensitive skin friendly, and we wake up with blotchy faces. This homemade face wash for sensitive skin can put a stop to that vicious cycle. Well, we say no more! We’re going to take matters into our own hands — literally. That’s right, you are about to make your very own sensitive skin…

Welcome back to the wellness roundup! We apologize for missing last week. You know how it is with 4th of July plans. What matter is that we’re back, and it’s time to gather around the wellness bonfire once again, and take some time for our health. Some of us may be feeling the post-vacation blues, so now may be a great time to refresh! As always, we’re breaking down the wellness roundup into 5 categories: Beauty Try Move Make How-to Let’s begin. Beauty: Photo credit: Pop sugar This will probably sound familiar if you’ve been…